Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Monday, June 30, 2014

Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR: Unter den Linden (The avenue Unter den Linden) (3)

Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR: Unter den Linden (The avenue Unter den Linden). Paperback booklet published by Berlin-Information 1980, 40 pages.


Saturday, June 28, 2014

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik (14)

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik.  Hardcover book published by SNTL, Prague 1957. All text is in English.

THE NEW BRIDGE over the Vltava at PODOLSKO NEAR CERVENA.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

New China (1)

New China. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1953, unpaginated with black and white photographs. All text is in English.

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, state farms have gradually developed under the guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Combine-harvesters and lorries are in wide use on China’s state farms


Workers on a state farm celebrate a bumper harvest

Thursday, June 19, 2014

This is Poland (8)

This is Poland. Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. All text is in English.



Saturday, June 14, 2014

Olympic Moscow (22)

Olympic Moscow, compiled by B. Bazunov and S. Popov. Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1979. All text is in English.

 Contours of the Moscow of tomorrow

Contours of the Moscow of tomorrow

Contours of the Moscow of tomorrow

New hotel complexes for 40,000 guests are to be opened in the Soviet capital between now and 1980

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Beautiful Kweilin (7).

Beautiful Kweilin.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1978.  All text is in English.

Kweilin’s beauty is further enhanced by such structural grace as that exemplified in the Liberation Bridge shown here.

Before liberation the Likiang was traversable by pontoon bridge.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (1).

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin. Hardcover book published by Planeta Publishers Moscow 1975, 207 pages with colour and black and white photographs.  All text is in English.

Building is one of the most widespread and honoured occupations in Moscow.  In recent years factories which produce large construction elements – whole flats – have gone into operation, in three months a whole block goes up.
 




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